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Five Canadian cities will host free, one-day “festival-style events” in February, in celebration of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, with performances by musical acts including Sam Roberts Band, David Usher, Barenaked Ladies, and Simple Plan.

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Welcome to Vancouver — free yoga for everyone! Yogawear retailer Lululemon and yoga class operator YYoga announced Tuesday they will offer more than 1,200 free yoga classes to visitors and residents during the 2010 Olympics.

Olympic athletes should be careful in Vancouver. For years, the rest of Canada referred to the city as Lotus Land, a nickname born of both envy and mockery. It alluded to Odysseus’s encounter with the Lotus Eaters, named for their somewhat lazy and dreamy state from the plant they ate.

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